Inspection, 3D modelling, and rapid prototyping of cultural heritage by means of a 3D optical digitiser

F. Docchio; G. Sansoni; M. Trebeschi

doi:10.1117/12.611882

12 August 2005 Inspection, 3D modelling, and rapid prototyping of cultural heritage by means of a 3D optical digitiser

F. Docchio, G. Sansoni, M. Trebeschi

Proceedings Volume 5857, Optical Methods for Arts and Archaeology; 58570D (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.611882
Event: Optical Metrology, 2005, Munich, Germany

Abstract

This paper presents the activity carried out to perform the three-dimensional acquisition of the "Vittoria Alata", a 2m-high, bronze statue, symbol of our City, located at the Civici Musei di Arte e Storia (S. Giulia) of Brescia. The acquisition of the statue has been performed by using a three-dimensional vision system based on active triangulation and on the projection of non-coherent light. This system, called OPL-3D, represents one of the research products of our Laboratory, which has been active for years in the development of techniques and systems for the contactless acquisition of free-form, complex shapes. The study, originally motivated by the need to explore a new hypothesis on the origin of the "Vittoria Alata", led to its complete digitization and description in terms of both polygonal and NURBS-based models. A suite of copies of the whole statue has been obtained in the framework of the collaboration between the City Museum and the EOS Electro Optical Systems GmbH, located in Munich, Germany. As a first step, one 30 cm-high replica of the whole statue has been produced using a low-resolution triangle model of the statue (3.5 millions of triangles). As a second step, two 1:1 scale copies of the statue have been produced. For them, the Laboratory has provided the high resolution STL file (16 millions of triangles). The paper discusses in detail the hardware and the software facilities used to implement the whole process, and gives a comprehensive description of the results.

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F. Docchio, G. Sansoni, and M. Trebeschi "Inspection, 3D modelling, and rapid prototyping of cultural heritage by means of a 3D optical digitiser", Proc. SPIE 5857, Optical Methods for Arts and Archaeology, 58570D (12 August 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.611882

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